Copt

 
Pronunciation: /kɒpt/

noun

  • 1a native Egyptian in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
  • 2a member of the Coptic Church.

Origin:

from French Copte or modern Latin Coptus, from Arabic al-qibṭ, al-qubṭ 'Copts', from Coptic Gyptios, from Greek Aiguptios 'Egyptian'